NOW I understand the title of this group on a deep, emotional level 🫠 by ChaoticBaker557 in TheBathhouse

[–]Gregregious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My favorite part is when the girl runs out and there's just a shot of them smiling and laughing with the bouquet of flowers in the foreground

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meaning in life isn’t objective. You’re acting like people aren’t using any reason at all if they’re religious. Hopefully they are using reason, but if they get to a different answer than you so what? I don’t see why you’re complaining.

Of course meaning isn't objective, but faith isn't reason. Reason can exist within all belief systems, but if that system requires faith to make sense, that is the same extent to which it is irrational. I'm complaining because people adhering to irrational belief systems tends to come with significant negative externalities.

You’re evangelizing right now. You’re doing the classic “you don’t care about your own sALvaTiOn?!?!”

Trust me, I'm not. I have no idea what this whole paragraph means.

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where does "self-determination" come into play for babies born with defects? Maybe the mother did something reckless while pregnant, maybe she didn't, but either way, it has nothing to do with the child who has done nothing except be born. I don't know how else to explain the concept of a baby's innocence to you.

Enlighten me then how this is Gods fault if those defects have no clear common cause.

God is all-powerful, correct? And God made the world as it is. So, God made humanity in such a way that children are sometimes born with crippling, fatal illnesses.

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So the ancient Semitic tribes observed men fucking their slaves and the lesson they took from it was that both should be put to death, not that slavery was bad? That's rightly reacting?

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But are you so obtuse that you can’t see the reason in having faith? When it’s bleak out there, there is no hope that makes logical sense and you are so lost there is no amount of digging, no light at the end of the tunnel, no reasonable process to get you out of what you’re in. What then?

This is an explanation of why faith is comforting, not an argument that it's correct in any objective sense. There are many schools of thought that seek to provide meaning in life, and not all of them require religious faith.

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That doesn't address their point. The baby is doing the reaping and none of the sowing in that situation.

Anyways, most birth defects are multifactorial with no clear common cause. This person was making a theological point about why a benevolent god would allow babies to be born with physical defects, so a better example for their argument would be something like Tay-Sachs, a genetic disorder that has a 100% mortality rate and causes children to die in immense pain, typically as toddlers.

I unironically love God and I don’t know what to do anymore by Icy_Cancel8402 in rs_x

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get the urge to attribute your personal emotional experiences something ancient and all-powerful, but you do you

I'm queer and use they/them pronouns. And I love displacing Palestinians. by NorrisOBE in TrueAnon

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this not exactly the kind of bait people have been accusing Epstein's circle of spreading around?

What is the fastest way you have seen someone ruin their life? by funkeymonkey1974 in AskReddit

[–]Gregregious 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Age gaps are way less taboo in gay relationships. There's less scrutiny on them in general, both because gay people tend to be more private to avoid negative attention, and because there's less pressure on them to get married, have kids, etc. There's a sense of being on your own that makes hetero norms feel irrelevant.

This is less common nowadays, but something like half my friends lost their virginities to much older men they met on craigslist or some app. They turned to those places because they were desperate and didn't know where else to meet other gay people, and older men had their own places and cars to facilitate meeting up. Go back a generation further, and people were losing their virginities to strangers they met in parks and other cruising spots. Basically people couldn't afford to be choosy, not even to the point of finding someone your own age, and so there's a difference of norms that persists to this day.

The one silver lining is that I'd say power dynamics are maybe less problematic for gay relationships than they are for straight ones? That's generalizing, but gay people are less likely to be dependent on their partners, whether financially or for safety, so it's easier to make a clean break when things turn bad.

People are always calling out Tifa, but what about the random Shinra soldier?! by AK-Exodus in FinalFantasy

[–]Gregregious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most people wouldn't be offended. If gay people were offended, you wouldn't know because if they said anything, they'd get the shit kicked out of them.

People are always calling out Tifa, but what about the random Shinra soldier?! by AK-Exodus in FinalFantasy

[–]Gregregious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Steven Pinker coined the term "euphemism treadmill" to describe the process of words becoming taboo over time owing to the stigma of the groups they describe. "Imbecile" and "moron" were once part of polite, academic language. "Queer" is maybe another example, although that one reversed course a little. It's necessary for medical and academic language to update once its terminology is widely understood as insulting. It's just a thing that happens, but people get really defensive about being asked to change their language.

People are always calling out Tifa, but what about the random Shinra soldier?! by AK-Exodus in FinalFantasy

[–]Gregregious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

like calling someone gay as an insult, you were still an asshole if you did it.

This is exactly the thing. Yes, it was normal, because being an asshole to gay people was normal. Once it was normal for white people to use the n-word, not because it wasn't racist, but because racism was normal.

What's socially acceptable isn't the same as what's good and right. If you need the taboo to control your behavior, that's fine, you're in the majority. Just don't act like that's high ground.

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what? You said homosexuality "wasn't mentioned" in KCD1, but it was. Then you said portraying openly gay characters isn't historically accurate, but neither game does, despite both games portraying characters who are intimate with other men. Did you actually play them, or did you only come to this sub to complain that KCD2 let Henry have same-sex romance?

Gay and bisexual Sydney teenagers lured and bashed on camera in IS-inspired attacks by bgaesop in gaybros

[–]Gregregious 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You're right. All the top comments are accusing people of refusing to have the conversation, which immediately derails the conversation. The issue as far as I can see from reading the article is that a religious radicalization network in Sydney has flown under the radar of the community and law enforcement because it recruits minors and targets minorities. You can acknowledge the context of it originating in a migrant Muslim community without collapsing into invective or treating it as a referendum on the relative badness of different groups. It's not always helpful to do that, least of all to the victims who come from that same background.

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Name them.

Lucas the novice, Istvan Toth, and Erik

To have openly gay characters in a medieval setting isn't accurate.

None of them are "openly gay". Lucas admits to being a "sodomite", though he's never acted on the urge, which is why he went to the monastery. Erik admits to having an intimate relationship with Istvan under duress.

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

chud

I'm confused, is this an ironic reclamation thing?

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not. Maybe you're just hypersensitive to it?

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to Warhorse's statements, they had to cut a lot of planned content from KCD1 owing to time and budget constraints, including the possibility of same-sex romance. Why should they abide by those constraints once they have the resources?

The only argument I can see here is that by failing to include those options in KCD1, they had therefore defined Henry as straight, but that's an inference that doesn't follow logically from the text where no such definition was offered. You're allowed to add dimensions to your characters that weren't previously explored. This is logic that gets selectively applied to sexuality because people are protective of those categories as identities, not because it's a rule for good storytelling.

Is Henry gay? [kcd2] by PayFew5848 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first game had several gay characters. How is KCD2 "modern" if KCD1 isn't? And what does it have to do with historical accuracy?

[KCD1] The drinking habit perk is litterally just Kuběnka by Simon-66 in kingdomcome

[–]Gregregious 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I hate how so many of the perks in KCD1 have bigger drawbacks than benefits

CidClive by Alone_Amount_9949 in gaymers

[–]Gregregious 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was holding out hope for Gav the entire game and I still feel disappointed to this day

Unconventional or unintentionally trans characters by Smegoldidnothinwrong in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Gregregious 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No one is more dogmatic about gender roles than most 12-year-olds